A shower shouldn't mean rearranging a living room or shouting over a restaurant on the Woodfield strip. A warm, fully accessible venue minutes from Schaumburg for 20 to 80 guests — games, gifts, brunch, and a mom-to-be who never carries a chair. International Banquet, family-owned since 2008.
Strip away the theme and the games, and a baby shower is an exercise in one person's comfort: a seat she can rise from, a room that's never stuffy, no stairs between the car and the cake. Schaumburg hosts — who could book any brunch spot near Woodfield — choose us for exactly those unglamorous essentials. The space in full is on our Schaumburg events page.
Morning brunch or evening co-ed party, the room reshapes to the format — just as it does for the bridal celebrations many of our hosts planned the year before.
Late morning, mimosa-optional, games between courses — and the guest of honor home for her nap by three.
Both families, all the friends, evening timing, a bar package. Less pastel, more party — our fastest-growing format.
Cake, balloons, confetti cannon — we stage the moment, guard the secret, and clean up whichever color wins.
Baby's already arrived — a calm afternoon where guests meet the newest family member in a climate-controlled room instead of a crowded house.
Dining area, gift station with sightlines from every seat, games corner, and a photo backdrop wall — all steps apart on one level. International Banquet's family-owned venue stays climate-controlled year-round (the third-trimester hero feature), and free parking beside the entrance handles grandmothers, strollers, and gift-laden aunts arriving from every corner of Schaumburg.
Planned by a host with a full life of her own — so we keep it to two conversations.
Showers land 4–8 weeks before the due date — count backward and claim the date early, especially spring Saturdays.
Brunch or dinner menu, theme, games plan, gift station, reveal logistics. Send the Pinterest board; we build to it.
No borrowed chairs, no cooking for forty, no cleanup. You and the mom-to-be arrive to a finished room and leave with the gifts.
Per-person catering, no room fee. Daytime showers carry the $1,500 lunch minimum (until 4 PM); evening co-ed formats $2,000 Sunday–Thursday or $3,000 Friday–Saturday, before tax and gratuity.
The brunch-shower standard — individually served, timed around games and gifts, wrapped by late afternoon.
Shared platters for showers where both families meet in one room — warm, generous, conversation-forcing in the best way.
The couples'-shower pick — fuller spread, looser pacing, bar packages for the guests not eating for two.
Themed cake or dessert table? Most hosts bring one — we handle display, service, and the big moment with zero corkage-style games.
View Full MenuHosted my sister's shower for 50 in August — eight months pregnant, Chicago humidity, and she stayed perfectly comfortable for four hours because the room never got warm and she never saw a stair.
Co-ed shower, 65 people, evening buffet and a bar. The guys had actual fun, gift-opening moved at a humane pace, and my house stayed spotless. I'll never host at home again.
Gender reveal folded into the shower — the staff guarded the envelope like a state secret and staged the balloon drop perfectly. The video still makes the grandmothers cry.
What hosts ask while the group chat debates themes.
Most run 30 to 70 guests; the room hosts 20 to 80 comfortably, intimate at the low end and lively at the top.
Deliberately — climate-controlled year-round, single level with no stairs, parking beside the entrance, comfortable seating at the gift station.
Yes — cake cutting, balloon drops, confetti moments. We stage it, keep the secret sealed, and clean up either color.
All of it — backdrop, balloon arch, dessert table, favors. We help place everything during setup and serve your cake with the meal.
Luncheons $25, family style $29, buffet $34 per person. Daytime showers carry the $1,500 lunch minimum; evening formats $2,000 Sun–Thu or $3,000 Fri–Sat, before tax and gratuity.
We're at 1863 W Central Rd in Arlington Heights, typically a 12–18 minute drive depending on where in Schaumburg you start — quickest from the northeast side near Golf Road and Route 53, a bit longer from Town Square or the far west side. Free parking waits at the door.
